About this Research Topic
This collection is a Volume II following on from the Topic Editors' previously successful Research Topic, Public Health Challenges in Post-Soviet Countries During and Beyond COVID-19.
Post-Soviet countries share many similarities in health system structure and functioning. Following the dissolution of the USSR, many national governments implemented a series of health plans aimed at strengthening primary healthcare, improving the accessibility of medical services, and modernizing hospital infrastructure. The emphasis was placed on the control of both infectious and non-communicable diseases, as well as on the strengthening of maternal and child health. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a healthcare crisis in many post-Soviet countries and revealed numerous drawbacks in the arrangement and provision of health services, which were partly presented and discussed in our previous Research Topic.
This Research Topic intends to provide a platform for the publication of diverse studies of original research, reviews and methods encompassing a broad range of issues related to challenges faced by post-Soviet countries in the transformation of their healthcare systems after the breakdown of the Soviet Union and the impact made by the COVID-19 pandemic. This continuation of the previous Research Topic will serve as a capacity-building activity to promote cooperation between initiatives in the field.
We are interested in themes related to challenges faced by healthcare services of the former Soviet countries during and beyond the COVID-19 epoch. These themes should not just point out problems in current policies in public health but to identify similar situations, challenges and problems to propose solutions in terms of capacity building or other improvements that need to be introduced or have already been made.
The list of possible topics includes but is not limited to:
• The burden of non-communicable and communicable diseases;
• Availability of and accessibility to healthcare resources in general and during the COVID-19 outbreak;
• Health expenditure and related health outcomes;
• Forecasting public health scenarios for planning and provision of health services;
• Allocation and management of healthcare resources for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Post-Soviet countries share many similarities in health system structure and functioning. Following the dissolution of the USSR, many national governments implemented a series of health plans aimed at strengthening primary healthcare, improving the accessibility of medical services, and modernizing hospital infrastructure. The emphasis was placed on the control of both infectious and non-communicable diseases, as well as on the strengthening of maternal and child health. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a healthcare crisis in many post-Soviet countries and revealed numerous drawbacks in the arrangement and provision of health services, which were partly presented and discussed in our previous Research Topic.
This Research Topic intends to provide a platform for the publication of diverse studies of original research, reviews and methods encompassing a broad range of issues related to challenges faced by post-Soviet countries in the transformation of their healthcare systems after the breakdown of the Soviet Union and the impact made by the COVID-19 pandemic. This continuation of the previous Research Topic will serve as a capacity-building activity to promote cooperation between initiatives in the field.
We are interested in themes related to challenges faced by healthcare services of the former Soviet countries during and beyond the COVID-19 epoch. These themes should not just point out problems in current policies in public health but to identify similar situations, challenges and problems to propose solutions in terms of capacity building or other improvements that need to be introduced or have already been made.
The list of possible topics includes but is not limited to:
• The burden of non-communicable and communicable diseases;
• Availability of and accessibility to healthcare resources in general and during the COVID-19 outbreak;
• Health expenditure and related health outcomes;
• Forecasting public health scenarios for planning and provision of health services;
• Allocation and management of healthcare resources for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Keywords: COVID-19, Healthcare, Health Services Accessibility, Delivery of Health Care, Public Health Administration, Low-Resource Setting
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